Three primary school kids under the age of 12 have just won a once in a lifetime trip to NASA after coming up with inventions that could change the world for the better.

The winning ideas include an easier way to help people out of wheelchairs without carers injuring their backs; sustainable, sugarcane plastic toys; and a robotic dog that supports people with autism. We’re majorly inspired right now.

The entries were part of Origin’s littleBIGideas competition, which had more than 1,000 entries. The winners in each age group will now be jetting off to NASA for a once-in-a-lifetime trip.

“Our three national winners have come up with clever, inventive ideas to help people with disabilities and address the issue of pollution and wastage,” said one of the judges Jordan Nguyen.

“These winners and all of our finalists are inspiring and show that the future of innovation in Australia is in good hands.”

ScienceAlert CEO Fiona MacDonald was one of the judges and said the entries gave her hope for the future of Australian science.

“The simple yet life-changing ideas that came out of the littleBIGidea competition blew me away. Not only the creativity, but the amount of thought that had been put into prototyping and testing the feasibility of the winning inventions,” said MacDonald.